Where in the World is Richard Rice?

Richard Rice, PhD, Chief Conservation Officer for Save Your World is attending Conservation International's (CI’s) Conservation Stewards Program (CSP) Learning Network meeting; an annual event in which CSP partners from around the world get together to compare experiences and discuss issues related to implementing conservation agreements.

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a five year initiative testing the use of conservation agreements as a tool to conserve biodiversity and improve the quality of life for local communities. CI is currently implementing conservation agreements in seventeen countries around the world.

CSP proposes a systematic way of implementing conservation agreements. Thus a “model” has been designed to structure this systematic approach. CSP’s model uses a step-by-step approach that provides guidance to practitioners who use conservation agreements. It is the soul of the program and the organizing principle of our Learning Network.

There are approximately 60 people from maybe a dozen countries including China, Cambodia, India, Guatemala, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, South Africa, Madagascar, and the U.S. We hope to partner with CSP in Guyana and perhaps other sites. There is lots of support and enthusiasm for the idea of a future Save Your World Foundation.

Look for more information in the future postings regarding the Save Your World Foundation.